Getting new glasses....
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 by Jafo | Discussion: Everything Else
It's been too many years.....should'a got 'em probably 5 years ago....but you know....you get slack/diverted/etc....
I've had them since I was about 15 .... I blame school/study for now having crap eyesight....used to be able to spot a Wedgie 2 miles up in the air currents [Aussies will know what that is]....but not anymore.
Needless to say things went downhill....getting the script....
First....the original optometrist has long-since moved on...so it's a new one....then they lost my history...all 40+ years of it.... then their computers went down... and their camera for photographing the back of the eye.....
Then they didn't have decent frames [as good as what I already had....] ...so I had to leave them with my 'clear' glasses....and I am now either stuck looking dimly through the prescription sunnies....[and turn up the brightness on the monitor]...or all fuzzy with the ancient glasses I never threw out...but really should....[they're NQR now]
So.... I got a week of 'making do' till the new ones are done [into the good frames] ...then go through much the same with the prescription sunnies....
And just the first lot cost me $440 so it'll be all that again for the dark lenses [polarised].
Actually....
I think I know why I waited so long....
Meanwhile....squinting at the screen typing this is an absolute pain....
It'll be quite politic if people 'tread softly' in my presence...as I am likely to strangle twits at the drop of a hat.....
....assuming I can see them....
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Reply #42 Friday, February 17, 2012 8:01 AM
Nah...friday night is 'beer oclock'....we all go out to dinner, etc.
By the time we get back we're three sheets to the wind so even watching cricket is a no-go...
This time next week I'm at Phillip Island for the World Superbikes ... so they'll all get away with 'murder' cos I won't be able to see them being naughty boys...
Pretty sure I won't have my specs before then...I head off on Thurs.
Not sure I can handle a lego version of Aliens.....
Reply #43 Friday, February 17, 2012 8:19 AM
Tell me how you really feel...
A fair point, to be sure. My thinking was along the lines of this. My prescription hadn't changed significantly for over a decade, and it was such that I couldn't read large text that was further than 6 inches from my face. If my eyes continue to degrade, that's fine, but at least I won't be utterly helpless if I don't have the fragile things loosely sitting on my face, and the risk of permanent vision loss was about the same for me as the chances of accidentally poking my eyes out with a stick. I know I'll still need glasses later in life, but at least I won't be as bad off if something happens to them.
Reply #44 Friday, February 17, 2012 8:42 AM
The racing may seem a bit "slower" with new glasse. Not everything is supposed to go by in a blur, especially if it's parked.
Reply #45 Friday, February 17, 2012 11:11 PM
Got my new specs last night. Man, I am loving them. I can actually sit back in my chair and read the forums! 
Reply #46 Saturday, February 18, 2012 4:55 AM
As long as you can see Rossi at 50 feet, that's the main thing!! Gotta get your priorities right Paul........ 
Reply #50 Saturday, February 18, 2012 6:59 AM
There IS no argument...... on equal machinery Rossi is STILL better than anyone else, he's even better than most on inferior machinery.
That's all I have to say on the matter................... 
Reply #51 Saturday, February 18, 2012 7:23 AM
I agree....though I think if you put Rossi and Stoner on the same Duke he'd come out second best. It seems 'lately' only Stoner has been able to ride one right....and before that me old mate Bayliss ....
Reply #52 Saturday, February 18, 2012 8:18 AM
Hahaha. Maybe I'll make a mod to do that. I still want to make one that's all cartoony like the Jetsons. 
Lego might be pretty entertaining as well... Ship or starbase blows up, lego blocks fly everywhere. Where's Sinperium when another mod needs to be made? =D
Reply #55 Saturday, February 18, 2012 10:45 AM
My favourite photo of Vale.......... check out the lean angle...... elbows down!!
Reply #56 Saturday, February 18, 2012 11:15 AM
"Racing: Where the Ulna Meets the Road." Helluva photo, Bry. 
Reply #57 Saturday, February 18, 2012 6:30 PM
That's all I have to say on the matter...................
I agree, i just don't like dominance in a sport. '06 was great when Hayden took it to Val, makes for a better spectacle. I'd much prefer to watch a "race" then a fight to see who gets second. Same goes for Stoner, being aussie i obviously want him to do well and win, but i don't want him to win everything in sight with ease.
Winning a MotoGP race should be the hardest thing you can do on a bike, and Val made it look all too easy.
Hence my joy when he is brought down a notch...i'll feel the same about Stoner if he dominates the next year or two as well!
Capirossi seemed to have his moments, and it seemed Hayden was starting to get his head around it last season, though it may have just loked that way when compared to Val's year.
HAHAHA, As long as Mr Spacely is the Pirates!!!
@Jafo, glad to see i'm not the only Aussie who can't get enough Bill Paxton!!!
Reply #58 Saturday, February 18, 2012 7:24 PM
Bryan....the caption for that photo...
"I knew it! I was sure I saw brush marks in the paint on the ripple strip..."
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Reply #41 Friday, February 17, 2012 7:50 AM
Of what might be specific interest to Jafo, i just got back from Aust v Sri Lanka at the SCG......ugh, what a dismal game, did you catch it on TV? apart from Sangakara getting his 10k first class runs, it was one pretty poor night. If the Sri Lankans can continue that form, they may do alright....but our bowling was horrible....
OFC...the SCG bogan brigade didn't help matters....
This. Might be some peoples cup of tea, all power to them, but ive had glasses on my face long enough now that i dont even notice them.
Jafo, i always loved this sound. If only the ships sounds in GC2 or SINS sounded like this....